What Is Equitable Sharing?
Equitable sharing is a federal program that incentivizes state and local police to bypass state-level restrictions on asset forfeiture. Both the Department of Justice and the Department of Treasury operate the program. Under the equitable sharing, local police seize assets they suspect were involved in criminal activity, sometimes without even making an arrest. Through a process […]
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Another forerunner of our Constitution was the Charter of Liberties and Privileges of New York—adopted by the colony’s legislature on October 30, 1683.